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Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) | Hugh Hudson

May 1, 2020 qwipster Comment is Closed

Based on elements within Edgar Rice Burroughs’s 1912 novel, “Tarzan of the Apes,” Greystoke begins in the late 19th century, where a young couple born into Scottish nobility, Jack Clayton and his pregnant wife Alice, find themselves shipwrecked off the coast of Western Africa. Months later, they give birth to a boy who quickly becomes […]

The Beastmaster (1982) | Don Coscarelli

April 24, 2020 qwipster Comment is Closed

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The Beastmaster follows the hero, Dar (Marc Singer), the son of a king snatched away from his mother’s womb by a witch under the employ of the evil magician named Maax (Rip Torn). Maax had been prophesied to be killed by the son of a king (to which he takes to slaughtering all of the […]

Sheena (1984) | John Guillermin

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The story of Sheena involves a young girl orphaned after her geologist parents are killed in a cave-in while exploring the source of mystical healing soil found near the jungle in the fictional African country of Tigora. The native Zambouli villagers immediately adopt the girl, dubbing her “Sheena,” prophecied to be their savior and the […]